Write a letter to an imaginary Year 6 studentgiving them advice on how to carry out a successful science fair investigation. Include advice about investigative questions, hypothesis, method, fair testing, variables, control, recording results, writing a sound conclusion, the importance of research and having an application. Advise them about the need to have a catchy title and visually impacting board. What could they include to make their board visually impacting? What should they do to prepare for their oral presentation?
WRITE LETTER HERE:
Dear year six student.
When you go to year seven, a lot will change. The biggest change in your homework will be in term two which is science fair. You will have to choose a topic which will help everyday life like, I chose, what brand of detergent removes oil stains on pots and pans the best in year 7. And in year 8 I chose to see if there was any acid in the rain at Howick. when you choose your investigative question, you will have to put up an aim which means what you want to find out. You will also have to have a hypothesis. A hypothesis is your opinion and what you think will happen. Even if you get your hypothesis wrong, you won't lose any marks. Next, you will have to have a method. This is the order you will test your investigation in. E.g.-- 1. Put all the electrical appliances on. 2. Put all the lights on. 3. Observe what happens. 4. Hide from your parents.
Before you test your topic, you have to make sure that you are doing a fair test. A fair test is when you have to keep everything the same. An unfair test is when, if you decide to test what type of fizzy dink will go the highest when you put a mento in it and put 1 mento in each bottle but put 2 or 3 mentos in one bottle. There is also variables. a variable has three things to it. An independent variable (what YOU change), dependent variables (What YOU observe) and a controlled variable (What YOU keep the same). Now, you will have to do a control.A control is a separate running of the experiment where you don't change anything. E.g.-- If you are testing the effect that music has on plant growth, you would grow a plant with no music. When you are doing your investigation, you must record your results. Results are what you have seen happen and observed. If you could it isgreat to have a graph to show your data. After the results, there is a conclusion. This is when you talk about your hypothesis and say whether it was right or wrong. It is also the time to explain the scientific explanation of your science fair.
A very important part of your science fair is the research. If you don't have any research it will be very hard for you to do your science fair. An application is when you explain how your investigation will be useful for other people and how they can use your information. For your presentation of your boards, it is best to have a catchy title or a motto from an ad. You should also have a visually appealing board which has around 2 to 3 colours and make sure the colours match like yellow and blue and not like brown and blue. Make sure you type everything up on your computer an print it out and include photos ang graphs. For your final part of your science fair, you will have to make a speech. While you are presenting you can look at your board and explain but it is best to prepare a speech the day before and practise it.
So, I hope you've now understood how to do a science fair. If you are still stuck about how to do one, ask your teacher because they will always help you. For me the hardest part of my science fair was choosing my topic. If you don't know either, go to sciencebuddies.com and click the topic selection wizard.
SCIENCE FAIR LETTER
Write a letter to an imaginary Year 6 student giving them advice on how to carry out a successful science fair investigation. Include advice about investigative questions, hypothesis, method, fair testing, variables, control, recording results, writing a sound conclusion, the importance of research and having an application. Advise them about the need to have a catchy title and visually impacting board. What could they include to make their board visually impacting? What should they do to prepare for their oral presentation?
WRITE LETTER HERE:
Dear year six student.
When you go to year seven, a lot will change. The biggest change in your homework will be in term two which is science fair. You will have to choose a topic which will help everyday life like, I chose, what brand of detergent removes oil stains on pots and pans the best in year 7. And in year 8 I chose to see if there was any acid in the rain at Howick. when you choose your investigative question, you will have to put up an aim which means what you want to find out. You will also have to have a hypothesis. A hypothesis is your opinion and what you think will happen. Even if you get your hypothesis wrong, you won't lose any marks. Next, you will have to have a method. This is the order you will test your investigation in. E.g.-- 1. Put all the electrical appliances on. 2. Put all the lights on. 3. Observe what happens. 4. Hide from your parents.
Before you test your topic, you have to make sure that you are doing a fair test. A fair test is when you have to keep everything the same. An unfair test is when, if you decide to test what type of fizzy dink will go the highest when you put a mento in it and put 1 mento in each bottle but put 2 or 3 mentos in one bottle. There is also variables. a variable has three things to it. An independent variable (what YOU change), dependent variables (What YOU observe) and a controlled variable (What YOU keep the same). Now, you will have to do a control.A control is a separate running of the experiment where you don't change anything. E.g.-- If you are testing the effect that music has on plant growth, you would grow a plant with no music. When you are doing your investigation, you must record your results. Results are what you have seen happen and observed. If you could it isgreat to have a graph to show your data. After the results, there is a conclusion. This is when you talk about your hypothesis and say whether it was right or wrong. It is also the time to explain the scientific explanation of your science fair.
A very important part of your science fair is the research. If you don't have any research it will be very hard for you to do your science fair. An application is when you explain how your investigation will be useful for other people and how they can use your information. For your presentation of your boards, it is best to have a catchy title or a motto from an ad. You should also have a visually appealing board which has around 2 to 3 colours and make sure the colours match like yellow and blue and not like brown and blue. Make sure you type everything up on your computer an print it out and include photos ang graphs. For your final part of your science fair, you will have to make a speech. While you are presenting you can look at your board and explain but it is best to prepare a speech the day before and practise it.
So, I hope you've now understood how to do a science fair. If you are still stuck about how to do one, ask your teacher because they will always help you. For me the hardest part of my science fair was choosing my topic. If you don't know either, go to sciencebuddies.com and click the topic selection wizard.
Good Luck on your science fair!
Jay Fujii Room 12 Year 8